Do you support an outdoor superbowl?

[Sean50Lee]

No. These are the best Football players in the world at the highest level, we do not want them playing in rain, cold, or snow its ridiculousness to me. just think about playing the super bowl on Fedex field

 

[muck4doo]

I support making Mara watch the next Super Bowl in the outdoors in the acrtic ocean.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

You might think the risk aversion fears he has with retired players would extend to disgruntled fans disappointed a Super Bowl became an Ice Bowl.

I would say that I have met about 10 Cowboys fans in my life that became a Cowboys fan after the Ice Bowl because they couldn't stand the Packers and thought that the Ice Bowl should have been postponed as it was the league giving the Packers an unfair advantage to play the game.

The Super Bowl in February in NY won't be an ice bowl. It will be a cold, sloppy mess of a field with arctic winds blowing thru. And if they get a noreaster...fuhgetaboutit.

I don't think he has any risk aversion with retired players. He's only doing it to get Congress off the league's back. He's a hired stooge for the owners, merely a figurehead that collects the big payday and will likely run the league into the ground in 10 years. He's a better looking version of Bud Selig.







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[Doomsday101]

Apparently the iggles owner will make a push for the SB if it goes off without a hitch in NY. Dan Graziano of ESPN seems to think this is a horrible idea.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfceast/post/_/id/49829/jeffrey-lurie-will-push-for-philly-super-bowl

Graziano goes on to gripe about the potential of bad weather and states "Having the game in New Jersey next year is a monumental mistake, and the NFL will be lucky if it goes off without a hitch."

Personally, I love the idea of outdoor games and I think Graziano sounds like a ninny. Maybe he should stick to watching indoor soccer if he is so worried about an outdoor football game. People still talk about the Ice Bowl and I love watching games where teams have to tough out the elements and adapt to the situation. Nothing could get better than a winter championship game IMO.

I would rather see teams be able to play each other than to contend with weather. As for the Ice Bowl I watched it, it was not a great game it was a game of survival. Dallas speed was negated because the field was frozen and players were slipping all over the place. People remember it for the brutal weather not a great game.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I think that SBs in open stadiums in cold weather cities is never going to happen. The plain simple fact is that cold weather effects broadcasting and that's going to cost money. That won't be allowed. However, I have no problem with playing in rain or wind or anything else. It's part of the game and I encourage it.

 

[MartinRamone]

Yes i do and encourage it, its unfair to the fans and teams from the north to always do it in the warm area. You should be able to win in warm or in freezing weather.

 

[Hoofbite]

Yes i do and encourage it, its unfair to the fans and teams from the north to always do it in the warm area. You should be able to win in warm or in freezing weather.

Unfair? What's unfair about it? It's the biggest game of the season and shouldn't be subject to sloppy conditions if at all possible.

How fair would it be to actually pay for a seat to watch a couple of teams play in a frozen over mud pit?

Nobody wants to see a slow-paced punt fest because the weather sucks.

 

[DFWJC]

Ironic that the weather was so miserable the week of the Super Bowl in Dallas. Spectacular stadium with normally mild weather outdoors, but then snow and ice for much of the week.

I've lived in Dallas for over 20 year and that was the single worst week of weather for that time of year I can ever recall.
The football Gods definitely have a bone to pick with Jerry.:laugh2:

 

[Doomsday101]

Ironic that the weather was so miserable the week of the Super Bowl in Dallas. Spectacular stadium with normally mild weather outdoors, but then snow and ice for much of the week.

I've lived in Dallas for over 20 year and that was the single worst week of weather for that time of year I can ever recall.
The football Gods definitely have a bone to pick with Jerry.:laugh2:

Very true. At least the game itself was not hampered by poor weather.

 

[MartinRamone]

Unfair? What's unfair about it? It's the biggest game of the season and shouldn't be subject to sloppy conditions if at all possible.

How fair would it be to actually pay for a seat to watch a couple of teams play in a frozen over mud pit?

Nobody wants to see a slow-paced punt fest because the weather sucks.

Unfair because they never get the chance to play a Superbowl at home, or unfair because they dont get to play in the conditions they are used to play during most of the season.

So lets just play football in summer so its sunny everywhere and people dont have to worry about mud pit.

 

[MDHQ]

Agreed. Its too much

 

[burmafrd]

I know that. But, you didn't see this going on in the Tagliabue era. I'm not a huge Tagliabue fan by any means. However, he had no problem telling the owners they were wrong if it was in the best interests of the league. Goodell is just a sock puppet for the owners. So for me, a commissioner does have enough power to make a difference. And if you look at the history of professional sports, when a commissioner sides too much with the owners or with the players, that's when the league starts to crumble.

The only thing the NFL has going for it now is that I don't see the other major professional sports getting their act together and eventually overtaking the NFL as the #1 pro sport in the country. But, that doesn't mean the NFL cannot be overtaken by something else like college football (particularly since they will now have a playoff system in place) or maybe some other form(s) of entertainment render the NFL more irrelevant in the future.






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The owners know that they got took in the last CBA before the current one and blamed Tag since they basically gave him a blank check.

You will not see any Commissioner with that kind of power for a LONG time.
Goodell is a mouth piece and THAT is what the OWNERS want.

 

[burmafrd]

I am torn on this. I happen to think that some of the greatest championship games in NFL history were in poor weather. I think a team should be structured so that if the weather is bad that should not make that much of a difference.

Yet I can also see the point of view of the fans that would be in the stands.

Of course what this would do would probably mean more real FANS came to the game instead of corporate shills like we get so much of now.

To me Football is the one game that only true danger should ever postpone or delay. Which makes it different then any other sport that I know of.

 

[Hoofbite]

Unfair because they never get the chance to play a Superbowl at home, or unfair because they dont get to play in the conditions they are used to play during most of the season.

So lets just play football in summer so its sunny everywhere and people dont have to worry about mud pit.

Every year at least one team is guaranteed to not play the superbowl at home. Well, I guess the Jets and Giants could both make it but placating to the possibility of a dual home game for the SB isn't a reasonable stance.

Unless there's a way to play at both team's stadiums simultaneously, this unfair aspect will be there no matter what for at least one of the participants.

As far as conditions go, I'm not even sure that's a reasonable argument at all because warm climate teams would have to travel to cold climates and thus be out of their element.

Odds are, it's unfair to somebody no matter what. These aren't legitimate reasons to move it to a cold city because the problem of things being "unfair" is going to be there no matter what.

There's no decent reason to have an outdoor superbowl in a cold city because nobody wants to watch a sloppy game.

If cities in the north want a SB, build a roof just like Indy did.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

If you are going to have an outdoor Superbowl, surely the last place you would want it is Philly

If you want an outdoor anything, the last place you would want it is Philly.

 

[Muhast]

Every year at least one team is guaranteed to not play the superbowl at home. Well, I guess the Jets and Giants could both make it but placating to the possibility of a dual home game for the SB isn't a reasonable stance.

Unless there's a way to play at both team's stadiums simultaneously, this unfair aspect will be there no matter what for at least one of the participants.

As far as conditions go, I'm not even sure that's a reasonable argument at all because warm climate teams would have to travel to cold climates and thus be out of their element.

Odds are, it's unfair to somebody no matter what. These aren't legitimate reasons to move it to a cold city because the problem of things being "unfair" is going to be there no matter what.

There's no decent reason to have an outdoor superbowl in a cold city because nobody wants to watch a sloppy game.

If cities in the north want a SB, build a roof just like Indy did.

I think every team building a new stadium should have a retractable roof. Just spend the money and make it happen. You get the best of both worlds. It's sunny and 35 degrees out in Minnesota? Sure open the roof. It's 35 degrees and pouring cold rain on the fans? Probably go ahead and close the roof that sunday, don't think a single person will complain.

 

[Echo9]

Apparently the iggles owner will make a push for the SB if it goes off without a hitch in NY. Dan Graziano of ESPN seems to think this is a horrible idea.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfceast/post/_/id/49829/jeffrey-lurie-will-push-for-philly-super-bowl

Graziano goes on to gripe about the potential of bad weather and states "Having the game in New Jersey next year is a monumental mistake, and the NFL will be lucky if it goes off without a hitch."

Personally, I love the idea of outdoor games and I think Graziano sounds like a ninny. Maybe he should stick to watching indoor soccer if he is so worried about an outdoor football game. People still talk about the Ice Bowl and I love watching games where teams have to tough out the elements and adapt to the situation. Nothing could get better than a winter championship game IMO.

I support a huge snowstorm in NY (where I live) during the week of the Super Bowl next year. The corruption and politics that led to an open stadium in NJ shouldn't be rewarded with another SB... ever.

(unless, of course Dallas is playing in it... then I hope the weather's ok )

 

[Longboysfan]

Agree that NY superbowl is going to be something nasty

Well the field is turf there.

 

[Muhast]

I have no problem with an outdoor SB. But I don't want to see one up north. Miami? Sure.

 

[Blackspider214]

Bad weather for the Super Bowl is not a good idea. The 2007 Super Bowl with the Colts and Bears had that extreme rain and the stands was like 60% empty at times. But weather in the teens or even colder and snow/sleet would be much worse than that.

The Super Bowls should be held in warm weather cities only or if not, has to be a dome.